Freeform text

1. Click the   button in the toolbox.

2. Click a location inside or outside the schedule. The cursor should now flash.

   • If an area which will display specialized text, such as a symbol or column cell is clicked, then a dialog box will appear. This would not be a freeform text entry.

3. Start typing.

Update text in this box.  Press the keyboard Enter key between lines.  Press the Update Text button when done.

Add a shadow and change the shadow color.

Change the fill color and effectseffects.  Choose to have extra space around the text:

Set the text color, alignment, text properties and angle:

Add a border:

Move freeform text

1. Click .

2. Click and hold the freeform text.

3. Move the cursor (and thus the text) to the new location.

Delete freeform text

1. Click .

2. Click once on the freeform text.

3. Press the Delete key on the keyboard.

Copy freeform text

1. Click .

2. Right-click the freeform text.

3. Choose Copy.

4. Make sure the schedule in which the freeform text will be pasted is open within the same instance of Milestones .

   Note: Each time an independent Milestones window is opened, it is called an "instance."  Users can have multiple instances of Milestones open at a time.  See how many instances of Milestones are currently open by viewing the Windows Taskbar.  

5.  Within the schedule in which the text will be pasted, choose Edit | Paste | Freeform Text Block.

Note: This operation will copy the entire freeform text block, including background colors, text, and other attributes.

Certain strings, preceded by an ampersand “&”, will be filled with actual values when displayed.

For example, for the current schedule date to appear in a string, enter &date as freeform text. This will cause the current date to display and print. The following substitutable strings are supported:

 When editing a freeform text block with the text tool, the &date, &sysdate, etc. strings are visible. After the text is entered the &text is replaced with the values.

Example 1:

To print the filename and date that a schedule was printed, type the following string as a freeform text block:

&filename

printed on &sysdate

When displayed, it will appear similar to the following:

 To display the file name without the path in &filename substitutable strings, choose Tools | Program Options | Edit and check Leave out path when displaying & filename substitutable strings.  To display the years as four digits, choose Tools | Program Options | Dates and check Use 4 Digits When Displaying Years.

Example 2:

To display the current page number and total number of pages anywhere on the schedule, type the following string as a freeform text block:

This is page &curpage

of a total of

&maxpage pages.

When displayed, it will appear similar to the following:

 To display the file name without the path in &filename substitutable strings, choose Tools | Program Options | Edit and check Leave out path when displaying & filename substitutable strings.